2021 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster
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/ Women's Beach Volleyball
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/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
/ Women's Beach Volleyball
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Jersey Number 13
Maria Gonzalez
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Pioget Bilirgual Academey
- Hometown:
- Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Bio
2025 | Senior
Appeared in every match … Had a record of 22-14 … Competed with Hailey Hamlett (11-4), Stacy Reeves (4-4), Allanis Navas (5-2), Denie Konstanitinova (0-3) and Ana Vergara (2-1) … Was mainly in No. 2 and No. 3 positions during the season … Won her matches in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, picking up straight-set sweeps against Georgia State (5/2) and Texas (5/3) … Earned the clincher in the Big 12 Championship against Arizona State(4/25) alongside Hamlett ... Compiled a record of 4-0 with Hamlett at the TCU Invitational, featuring a win over No. 7 Florida State (3/7), to earn Big 12 Pair of the Week … AWARDS: All-Big 12 Team … Big 12 Pair of the Week (3/12 w/ Hamlett).
2023-24 | Gap Year
Took a gap year from school with partner Allanis Navas to compete for an Olympic nomination under Puerto Rico ... Notable wins from the past pro-season include: Gold NORCECA Caimanes 2023, Gold U23 qualification 2023, Gold qualification to the 2023 World Cup, Gold Central American and Caribbean 2023, Pan American Games, Santiago Chile 2023, Silver NORCECA, El Salvador 2023, Silver NORCECA, Dominican Republic 2023, Silver NORCECA, Varadera Cuba 2023, Silver NORCECA, Dominican Republic 2023 and Bronze NORCECA, Dominican Republic 2023.
2023 | Junior
A key contributor to the Frogs CCSA Championship with wins over No. 6 LSU and No. 7 GCU in the finals ... Paired with Hailey Hamlett for most of the 2023 season ... The duo went 28-5 overall and ended on a seven-win match streak ... From the No. 4 position had a straight set victory together over No. 3 UCLA (April 14) ... Hit her 75th win career milestone and ended the season with a record of 25-3. Postseason worked on qualifications to represent Puerto Rico in the 2024 Summer Olympics ... Notable wins include gold at the Norceca Cayman Islands, gold at U23 in Punta Cana, 1st at World Champs Qualifier, gold at Central American and the Caribbean games, 9th at Futures in Leuven and 5th at Futures in Poland.
2022 | Sophmore
Played all but one match at the No. 4 position with partner, Ana Vergara ... Tied for the best TCU regular season record this season (27-4), she and Vergara shone as Frogs from day one ... Pairing began the season on a 9-game winning streak with 8 wins over ranked opponents, notably No. 3 FSU, No. 8 Cal Poly, No. 9 Hawaii and No. 10 California ... Throughout the course of regular season, the pairing collected 18 ranked victories and posted a 7-2 record over top five opponents ... Duo remains nearly perfect in the decisive third set, 11-2, the best record by any Horned Frog pairing in program history ... Paring posted a 30-7 record this season, second best on the team ... Tied with teammates, Rochelle Scott, Megan Muret, and Ana Vergara for program record, most single season ranked wins (19-7) ... AWARDS: AVCA Top Flight ... CCSA All-Conference Team
2021 | Freshman
Key contributor in the “Fantastic Freshmen Four” (Alvarez, Gonzalez, Moreno, Scott)… went 24-11 this season playing mostly with partner, Rochelle Scott … Won 10 ranked matches this season … The duo recorded a six-match win streak, a seven-match win streak, and an eight-match win streak this season … The pairing is one of two to have defeated both LSU and Florida State this season … Posted a 2-4 record at CCSA’s
High School
Named AVCA Junior Beach All-America Second Team ... Member of the Puerto Rico National Beach Volleyball Team since 2015 (youth), 2016 (adult) ... AAU 2019 National Champion ... Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires 2018 - Fifth place (First in qualifying) ... Fourth place at NORCECAS Centroamericanos 2018 (Barranquillas) ... Second place for high school at PAN American Games in 2019.
Appeared in every match … Had a record of 22-14 … Competed with Hailey Hamlett (11-4), Stacy Reeves (4-4), Allanis Navas (5-2), Denie Konstanitinova (0-3) and Ana Vergara (2-1) … Was mainly in No. 2 and No. 3 positions during the season … Won her matches in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, picking up straight-set sweeps against Georgia State (5/2) and Texas (5/3) … Earned the clincher in the Big 12 Championship against Arizona State(4/25) alongside Hamlett ... Compiled a record of 4-0 with Hamlett at the TCU Invitational, featuring a win over No. 7 Florida State (3/7), to earn Big 12 Pair of the Week … AWARDS: All-Big 12 Team … Big 12 Pair of the Week (3/12 w/ Hamlett).
2023-24 | Gap Year
Took a gap year from school with partner Allanis Navas to compete for an Olympic nomination under Puerto Rico ... Notable wins from the past pro-season include: Gold NORCECA Caimanes 2023, Gold U23 qualification 2023, Gold qualification to the 2023 World Cup, Gold Central American and Caribbean 2023, Pan American Games, Santiago Chile 2023, Silver NORCECA, El Salvador 2023, Silver NORCECA, Dominican Republic 2023, Silver NORCECA, Varadera Cuba 2023, Silver NORCECA, Dominican Republic 2023 and Bronze NORCECA, Dominican Republic 2023.
2023 | Junior
A key contributor to the Frogs CCSA Championship with wins over No. 6 LSU and No. 7 GCU in the finals ... Paired with Hailey Hamlett for most of the 2023 season ... The duo went 28-5 overall and ended on a seven-win match streak ... From the No. 4 position had a straight set victory together over No. 3 UCLA (April 14) ... Hit her 75th win career milestone and ended the season with a record of 25-3. Postseason worked on qualifications to represent Puerto Rico in the 2024 Summer Olympics ... Notable wins include gold at the Norceca Cayman Islands, gold at U23 in Punta Cana, 1st at World Champs Qualifier, gold at Central American and the Caribbean games, 9th at Futures in Leuven and 5th at Futures in Poland.
2022 | Sophmore
Played all but one match at the No. 4 position with partner, Ana Vergara ... Tied for the best TCU regular season record this season (27-4), she and Vergara shone as Frogs from day one ... Pairing began the season on a 9-game winning streak with 8 wins over ranked opponents, notably No. 3 FSU, No. 8 Cal Poly, No. 9 Hawaii and No. 10 California ... Throughout the course of regular season, the pairing collected 18 ranked victories and posted a 7-2 record over top five opponents ... Duo remains nearly perfect in the decisive third set, 11-2, the best record by any Horned Frog pairing in program history ... Paring posted a 30-7 record this season, second best on the team ... Tied with teammates, Rochelle Scott, Megan Muret, and Ana Vergara for program record, most single season ranked wins (19-7) ... AWARDS: AVCA Top Flight ... CCSA All-Conference Team
2021 | Freshman
Key contributor in the “Fantastic Freshmen Four” (Alvarez, Gonzalez, Moreno, Scott)… went 24-11 this season playing mostly with partner, Rochelle Scott … Won 10 ranked matches this season … The duo recorded a six-match win streak, a seven-match win streak, and an eight-match win streak this season … The pairing is one of two to have defeated both LSU and Florida State this season … Posted a 2-4 record at CCSA’s
High School
Named AVCA Junior Beach All-America Second Team ... Member of the Puerto Rico National Beach Volleyball Team since 2015 (youth), 2016 (adult) ... AAU 2019 National Champion ... Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires 2018 - Fifth place (First in qualifying) ... Fourth place at NORCECAS Centroamericanos 2018 (Barranquillas) ... Second place for high school at PAN American Games in 2019.
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